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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities.

Article R5312-6

…xpenses applicable to its staff; 11° The initial budget and its revisions; 12° The annual accounts; 13° Borrowings and maximum outstanding cash loans; 14° Acceptance of gifts and legacies; 15° the acq…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…s committees mentioned in article R. 5315-5 ; 12° The annual activity report and the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment authorisations and any amendments thereto; 14° The annual account…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L455-2

…me une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25, articles L. 431-2, L. 431-4, L. 432-2, L. 43…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Acquisitions of participating interests

Article L465-4

…pany's capital held by these companies, in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 233-13.IV. - The same penalty shall apply if the statutory auditor omits from his report the information…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…sor mentioned inarticle 7 of the law of 17 December 1926 relating to repression in maritime matters;13° Défenseur syndical mentioned in article L. 1453-4.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…e in a chamber of agriculture, mentioned inarticle L. 515-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 13° Conseiller prud'homme ;14° Maritime assessor mentioned inarticle 7 of the law of 17 December 192…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-3

…janvier 1985 précitée ou, dans le régime antérieur à cette loi, au titre II de la loi n° 67-563 du 13 juillet 1967 précitée; 5° Be the holder of a master's degree in the administration and liquidatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-20

…ère réunion de l'Assemblée de Corse ayant suivi son renouvellement résultant de la loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse.L'office des transports de la Co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-2

…"the Health Agency";5° Des articles L. 5211-1 to L. 5211-3-2, L. 5211-6, L. 5212-2, L. 5212-3, L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2, the references to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-11

…der the conditions laid down in Article L. 561-12 ; 2° The payee is one of the persons mentioned in 13° of Article L. 561-2, in the situations provided for in II and III of Article L. 561-3. By way of…

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